Impact of vegetation changes on a mesoscale convective system in West Africa

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-122

  Lauwaet, D ^a   van Lipzig, N P M ^a   Kalthoff, N ^b   de Ridder, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; VEGETATION COVER;

BURKINA FASO; DANO;

EID: 77955056688     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-010-0079-7     Document Type: Article

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